When do i give in???

[triplecrown333]

good day people, i bought some tetra discus crisps and i am trying to get my juveniles to eat it as a part of their diet besides frozen blood worms, they have not eaten anything for a day and their stomach is sunk in already, i really dont wanna stunt my fish...so when do i give in??? thanks in advance...

[DerekFF]

How big are the juvies?

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[triplecrown333]

2 to 3 inches, thanks

[DerekFF]

Theres different ways. I tried the target food in the morning and just a teeny bit of worms in the pm to keep them from starving to death and about a week they started eating the flake food. (I havnt done crisps for juvies) but once they start eating commercial foods theyll pretty much take any of them

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[triplecrown333]

thanks alot man, i will give them a few frozen worms at night...

[Skip]

Mine took to crisps quick.. But I have feed them everything and theybwill accept anything

However.. It takes time to train them.. I jus mixed new food in with old food...and they eventually or by accident like the new food... :)

But ur fish should not have sumken belly after one day of not eating...

[triplecrown333]

thats what scared the crap out of me, maybe not full sunk but a tad pinched...

[Skip]

you will have to break them.. bloodworms are not very nutritious esp.. if you are growing them out.. and thats all they eat..

[triplecrown333]

thanks alot, time for me to get tough lol...

[Skip]

thanks alot, time for me to get tough lol...

just remember.. YOUR Brian is Larger then theirs and your will is stronger..

some people forget that :) :)

[xxbenjamminxx]

just remember.. YOUR Brian is Larger then theirs :) :)

How much you want to bet my wife disagrees with this statement lol.

Really though I have been doing just what he said. Feed the food your trying in the am. If they dont eat it withing 2 hours I siphon the uneaten food out before I go to work and will give them a few FDBW or something at night when I get home to tie them over. Mind you I am working with some new adults that are being picky, and not juvies but they seem to be taking the food lately after I walk away and they realize nothing else is coming and they have settle for that. Good luck

[tonytheboss1]

:bandana: A little Garlic Guard often gets the ball rolling with new food. Maybe raise the temp a degree or two & hold out a day. Juvies aren't as picky as adults. "T"

[triplecrown333]

thanks for the replies, i have been doing the morning night routine and still no bites, maybe i should get some garlic guard...

[tonytheboss1]

:bandana: 1) garlic makes the food more enticing
2) raising temp increases metabolism
3) not feeding nothing at all for a day ... more hungry - less picky
Worked well for me. "T"

[a volar]

just remember.. YOUR Brian is Larger then theirs and your will is stronger..

some people forget that :) :)

Inspiring :)

[dprais1]

I used a clove of garlic and shredded it with a very fine cheese grater. then put 1/3 of it i a small container of the food, shook it up and put it in my garage for a day. it was about 90+ degrees in the garage. and the whole think smelled like garlic. seemed to work but i didn't try it without the garlic so i have no comparison. just seemed to me that spending 7 cents on a bit of garlic was cheaper than buying bottled stuff.

just don't overdue it

[triplecrown333]

thanks man, its easier for me to get garlic than garlic guard, thanks again...

[triplecrown333]

I used a clove of garlic and shredded it with a very fine cheese grater. then put 1/3 of it i a small container of the food, shook it up and put it in my garage for a day. it was about 90+ degrees in the garage. and the whole think smelled like garlic. seemed to work but i didn't try it without the garlic so i have no comparison. just seemed to me that spending 7 cents on a bit of garlic was cheaper than buying bottled stuff.

just don't overdue it just the fishfood going in the tank without the garlic right?

[dprais1]

no, the garlic too. all the moisture was sucked up by the dry food so there was nothing to seperate. used the small size container can of fish food. probably 1/2 the amount of garlic would have been fine. it still took a day and a half for them to eat it.

[triplecrown333]

will do that pronto, thank you...